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Perennial; corm deep, outer coat fibrous.
Stem: 1, erect, ± zigzag.
Leaf: mostly basal, linear [to lanceolate], sheathing.
Inflorescence: panicle, in smaller plants raceme; bracts scarious.
Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, free or fused, often reflexed; stamens 6, fused to perianth parts, alternate 6 staminodes, anthers attached at base; ovary superior, chambers 3, style 1, stigma ± 3-lobed.
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal.
Seed: 3, brown.
9 genera: 23 species: w US, Africa, Chile. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged etymology: (Based on the genus Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla, named for Tecophila Billotti, botanical artist and daughter of Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848), credited with publishing the genus name)

1 sp. (Greek: tooth mouth, from staminodes ± at top of perianth tube)

Corm 2.5–3 cm, ± ovoid.
Stem: ± scapose, 12–50 cm, ± curved, generally branched.
Leaf: 10–30 cm; upper reduced.
Inflorescence: bracts 3–10 mm, linear; pedicel 3–30 mm, with scarious bractlet above middle.
Flower: perianth parts fused below, petal-like, white to ± yellow, tube 4–5 mm, strongly veined, lobes ± = tube, spreading, reflexed in age, 3–7-veined; stamens 6, filaments 1–2 mm, staminodes 0.5–1 mm, anthers dehiscing by pores at tip; style 4–5 mm, thread-like.
Seed: obovoid.
n=10. Clay, often serpentine soils; < 600 m. Klamath Ranges, Inner North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, n&c Sierra Nevada Foothills.

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.